Status of Invasive Plants in New Mexico
Total number of exotic species reported: 318
Total number of records in EDDMapS: 8062
Invasive Plants by Category
- Aquatic - 5 species, 37 records
- Cactus - 1 species, 3 records
- Forbs/Herbs - 161 species, 3935 records
- Grass or Grasslike - 82 species, 1603 records
- Hardwood Trees - 24 species, 209 records
- Shrub or Subshrub - 21 species, 351 records
- Vines - 18 species, 302 records
Top Ten Abundant Invasive Plants (by number of reports)
- perennial pepperweed - 546 reports
- Russian knapweed - 279 reports
- musk thistle - 215 reports
- Canada thistle - 212 reports
- bull thistle - 164 reports
- African rue - 160 reports
- Russian-thistle - 126 reports
- tamarisk - 122 reports
- field bindweed - 109 reports
- cheatgrass - 108 reports
Top Ten Widespread Invasive Plants (by number of positive counties)
- field bindweed - 33/33 (100%)
- green foxtail - 32/33 (97%)
- Russian-thistle - 31/33 (94%)
- green bristlegrass - 31/33 (94%)
- field brome - 28/33 (85%)
- stinkgrass - 28/33 (85%)
- yellow sweetclover - 28/33 (85%)
- puncturevine - 27/33 (82%)
- cheatgrass - 27/33 (82%)
- flixweed - 27/33 (82%)
Counties with the most invasive species reported
- San Juan County - 220 species
- Dona Ana County - 192 species
- San Miguel County - 181 species
- Rio Arriba County - 172 species
- Sandoval County - 168 species
- Bernalillo County - 168 species
- Lincoln County - 161 species
- Socorro County - 148 species
- Santa Fe County - 145 species
- McKinley County - 144 species
Counties with the least invasive species reported
- Lea County - 32 species
- De Baca County - 39 species
- Quay County - 56 species
- Curry County - 58 species
- Luna County - 60 species
- Guadalupe County - 62 species
- Valencia County - 63 species
- Harding County - 72 species
- Torrance County - 80 species
- Eddy County - 85 species
Report created on May 20, 2013 at 03:24 AM
by the UGA Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health using EDDMapS Technology and Data.
